A collection of six clippings, removed from the album of Byronana which also formerly housed Byron's 30 April 1814 autograph letter to Clio Rickman (B 0186), along with several other Byron-related manuscripts and printed material. Included here...
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A collection of six clippings, removed from the album of Byronana which also formerly housed Byron's 30 April 1814 autograph letter to Clio Rickman (B 0186), along with several other Byron-related manuscripts and printed material. Included here are: a report on Byron's last speech in the House of Lords, from The St. James's Chronicle (3 Jun 1813); a review of Thomas Moore's Letters and Journals of Lord Byron, from the St. James's Chronicle (Jan 1830); three short clippings on Mary Ann Chaworth [married name Musters], relating to her death, funeral, and surviving cousin (Miss Rudford), from unidentified sources (2 dated in manuscript Feb 1832); and "A Hitherto Unpublished Letter by Count Pietro Gamba ..." to Augusta Leigh, dated 17 Aug 1824, from New-York Daily Tribune (22 Apr 1899).
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Copied passages in an unidentified hand, including: an account of Byron's last speech in the House of Lords ("... he was in a state of most humorous exaltation after his display ..."); a copy of Byron's 5 Oct 1814 letter to the Countess of...
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Copied passages in an unidentified hand, including: an account of Byron's last speech in the House of Lords ("... he was in a state of most humorous exaltation after his display ..."); a copy of Byron's 5 Oct 1814 letter to the Countess of [Jersey] ("... Miss Milbanke is the good-natured person who has undertaken me, and, of course, I am very much in love ..."); and a copy of part of Byron's 20 Feb 1816 letter to Moore ("... A Mrs. C (now a kind of housekeeper and spy for Lady N) who in her better days, was a washerwoman, is supposed to be -- by the learned -- very much the occult cause of our late domestic discrepancies ..."). Along with a single sheet marked in pencil in a later hand, "Byron / papers relating to." Also with an apparently unrelated two-pages (single sheet) of extracts from 19th century verse, including six lines of W. M. Praed's "Confession of Don Carlos"; an eight-line poem beginning, "The crowds whom we smile with," signed AS (sometimes appearing in print titled, "The Character of Company"; ascribed in The Champion newspaper of 18 Feb 1821 to "A.W.T." as part of the slightly longer poem, "To a Sincere Friend"); and two poems in French ("Hymne à l'amité"; "Madrigal"). All items removed from the album of Byronana which also originally housed Byron's 30 April 1814 autograph letter to Clio Rickman (B 0186), along with several other Byron-related manuscripts and printed material.
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· Manuscript poem copied in the hand of "Miss Hazlet" [possibly Margaret Hazlitt (1770-1841)]. Nine ten-line stanzas; begins, "Oh! shame to thee, land of the Gaul, / Oh! shame to thy children and thee ...." Published in various 19th century...
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· Manuscript poem copied in the hand of "Miss Hazlet" [possibly Margaret Hazlitt (1770-1841)]. Nine ten-line stanzas; begins, "Oh! shame to thee, land of the Gaul, / Oh! shame to thy children and thee ...." Published in various 19th century sources under the title, "Ode," and ascribed to Lord Byron, it is not in fact by Byron (see J. McGann's edition of Byron's complete works, volume VII, page 111). Copy date unknown; the watermark is 1814. On page 4 of the folded double sheet is an authentication note in the hand of Thomas Hardy, the radical bootmaker and founder of the London Corresponding Society, which reads in full: "The above excellent lines on the Gallic Nation on their desertion of Napoleon Bonaparte, written by Lord Byron. Copied by Miss Hazlet and sent to Thomas Hardy.".
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The Rodd family was from London, England. Collection consists of letters to Thomas Rodd, Jr., bookseller in London, and to his brother, Horatio Rodd, dealer in books, pictures and prints. Also, note on Rodd family genealogy, notebook of Thomas...
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The Rodd family was from London, England. Collection consists of letters to Thomas Rodd, Jr., bookseller in London, and to his brother, Horatio Rodd, dealer in books, pictures and prints. Also, note on Rodd family genealogy, notebook of Thomas Rodd, records of book expenditures, memoranda, and other materials.
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Fair-copy bound holograph manuscript of Gaetano Polidori, including an Italian translation of Byron's Lament of Tasso, an original Italian poem, and a dedication to Frederick North, fifth Earl of Guilford.

Francis Merryweather was an English shopkeeper in Venice from whom Lord Byron had bought a number of goods, mostly alcoholic beverages and condiments. Toward the end of 1817, Merryweather was fined by Italian authorities for voilating import laws;...
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Francis Merryweather was an English shopkeeper in Venice from whom Lord Byron had bought a number of goods, mostly alcoholic beverages and condiments. Toward the end of 1817, Merryweather was fined by Italian authorities for voilating import laws; Byron loaned Merryweather 600 lire to pay the fine. Later, angered by some "ingratitude" of Merryweather, Byron brought legal action against him for repayment of the loan, plus interest and court fees. For more on the Byron-Merryweather controversy see Shelley and his Circle, volume VII, pages 311-315. · Jacopo Castelli's autograph petition signed : [received 11 Jul 1818] : (B'ANA 0188a) : 2 pages (double sheet) : to sue Merryweather on Byron's behalf for repayment of a 600-lire loan, plus interest and court expenses; with docket and notes on page 4 of the double sheet; attached (sewn inside) is a receipt for 600 lire received from Siri and Willhalm, Byron's bankers, drawn up by the officers at the Salute Custom House and dated 7 Jul 1818.
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Nine lines, copied in the hand of Sir John Claridge, which were omitted from the publication of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Cantos I-II. Copy date uncertain; paper bears a watermark date of 1832. Below is a note of attestation in the hand of John...
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Nine lines, copied in the hand of Sir John Claridge, which were omitted from the publication of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Cantos I-II. Copy date uncertain; paper bears a watermark date of 1832. Below is a note of attestation in the hand of John Adolphus (signed "J. A."), which explains that the lines were given by Byron to Claridge, who copied them for Adolphus. On the subject of William Beckford, the lines read in full: "Unhappy Vathek! in an evil hour / 'Gainst Nature's voice seduced to deeds accurst, / Once fortune's minion -- now thou feel'st her power -- / Wrath's vial on thy lofty head hath burst: / In wit -- in talent, or in wealth the first / How wondrous bright thy blooming morn arose / But thou wast smitten with the unhallowed thirst / Of crime unnamed, and thy sad hour must close / In scorn and solitude wrought, the worst of woes." With some textual differences from the version of these lines present in Byron's first fair copy, now in the Murray Archive (see McGann's edition of Byron's complete poetical works, volume 2, page 18n).
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Leslie Alexis Marchand (1900-1999), a leading authority on Lord Byron, was born and grew up in central Washington state, graduating from the University of Washington in 1922. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1940, and spent most...
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Leslie Alexis Marchand (1900-1999), a leading authority on Lord Byron, was born and grew up in central Washington state, graduating from the University of Washington in 1922. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1940, and spent most of his academic career at Rutgers University. His most noteworthy publications are his three-volume Byron: a Biography (1957), and a twelve-volume edition of Byron's personal writings, Byron's Letters and Journals (1973-1982). This collection consists of a typescript memoir, various correspondence, working papers, and Byron-related memorabilia.
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A manuscript inventory of the possessions of Lord Byron at the time of his death in Greece on 19 April 1824; in an unidentified hand. Includes dressing and medicine chests, linens, jewelry, plates, and Byron's final travelling assembly of books....
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A manuscript inventory of the possessions of Lord Byron at the time of his death in Greece on 19 April 1824; in an unidentified hand. Includes dressing and medicine chests, linens, jewelry, plates, and Byron's final travelling assembly of books. A summary, endorsed by the London auctioneers Laxton Nicholls, value the items at a total of £145.8.0. Written lengthwise on conjugate notebook leaves, one double leaf torn in two, with an additional single notebook leaf title page. Within mustard cloth clamshell case with green morocco cover label, gilt.
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Scale drawing of Byron's boat, eventually named The Bolivar, here with "Countess Gamba, Guiccioli" written on the mainsail. Along with a later note in Teresa Guiccioli's hand (TG 0226), explaining: "Le dessin du Schooner de Lord Byron qu'il avait...
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Scale drawing of Byron's boat, eventually named The Bolivar, here with "Countess Gamba, Guiccioli" written on the mainsail. Along with a later note in Teresa Guiccioli's hand (TG 0226), explaining: "Le dessin du Schooner de Lord Byron qu'il avait voulu appeller avec mon nom -- mais qu'il appella le Bolivar de peur de me Comprometre.".
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Manuscript fair copy, in an unidentified hand, of the twenty-seven line poem [first?] published in the Morning Post [London] on 20 April 1816; begins, "The Daughter of a Royal Line / Shall weep for hearts perverse as thine ..."; here signed...
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Manuscript fair copy, in an unidentified hand, of the twenty-seven line poem [first?] published in the Morning Post [London] on 20 April 1816; begins, "The Daughter of a Royal Line / Shall weep for hearts perverse as thine ..."; here signed [?J.D.] in the lower right corner; mounted on an excised album sheet, with four hand-colored etchings mounted on the verso, cut out from a copy of William Heath's Studies From the Stage.
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Manuscript fogery, in an unknown hand, of a letter from Lord Byron to James Perry, editor of the Morning Chronicle. Undated; watermark of "BASTED MILL / 1819." Creation date of forgery undetermined, but the letter was listed in the Walter M. Mill...
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Manuscript fogery, in an unknown hand, of a letter from Lord Byron to James Perry, editor of the Morning Chronicle. Undated; watermark of "BASTED MILL / 1819." Creation date of forgery undetermined, but the letter was listed in the Walter M. Mill catalog of November 1899. Reads in full: "My dear Sir, I think Mr. Lambert is right. Some inconvenience might certainly arise from any other mode than that now proposed by me; but there can be none in making the expenses a joint concern; and to this I cheerfully agree. With best wishes for your health happiness, believe me to remain, my dear Sir, most sincerely yours, N. Byron.".
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To John Allen, political and historical writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Jul 1816 (B'ANA 0319), on Paris, Switzerland, Lord Byron and Madame de Stael : "Lord Byron lives on the other side of the lake, shunned by all - both English and...
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To John Allen, political and historical writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Jul 1816 (B'ANA 0319), on Paris, Switzerland, Lord Byron and Madame de Stael : "Lord Byron lives on the other side of the lake, shunned by all - both English and Genevese except Mad. Stael - who can't resist a little celebrity.".
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George Lansing Raymond, American educator and philosopher. · To James Wilson Bright, philologist and professor : 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Nov 1898 : (B'ANA 0540) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from 1821 Jefferson Place, Washington, D.C. : begins, "At the suggestion -- made some months ago, as I must confess -- of one of our Princeton professors, I venture to write ..."; asking if it would be possible at the next Modern Language Association meeting "to find a place ... for a paper upon the revival of interest in Byron. The paper ... contrasts the visibly representative effects of the older poetry with the audibly representative effects ... in the poetry of Tennyson ...".
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To Lord Byron, poet : 1 letter signed : 29 Sep 1818 : (B'ANA 0242) : from Venice : in Italian; body of the letter in a scribal hand; regarding his wife's brazen and immoral nature; imploring Byron to spare himself trouble by keeping his distance...
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To Lord Byron, poet : 1 letter signed : 29 Sep 1818 : (B'ANA 0242) : from Venice : in Italian; body of the letter in a scribal hand; regarding his wife's brazen and immoral nature; imploring Byron to spare himself trouble by keeping his distance from her. Published with translation and commentary as SC 625 in Shelley and his Circle, v. VII, p. 350f.
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To James Cawthorn, publisher : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Feb 1810 : (B'ANA 0179) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Newstead Abbey : asking about recent reviews of her son's English Bards and Scotch Reviewers; begins, "I wrote to you the 24th or 25th of last month, and am surprised that I have received no answer." Mounted in album of Lord Byron Family & Friends; shelved as *Pforz 558R 25.
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Elizabeth Shaw Byron, Lady Byron, wife of William Byron, 5th Baron Byron. She separated from her husband some time following his trial for the murder of their neighbor, William Chaworth. She was the great-aunt of the George Gordon, Lord Byron, the...
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Elizabeth Shaw Byron, Lady Byron, wife of William Byron, 5th Baron Byron. She separated from her husband some time following his trial for the murder of their neighbor, William Chaworth. She was the great-aunt of the George Gordon, Lord Byron, the poet. To Joshua Sharp, Esq., at Lincoln's Inn, New Square, London : 1 autograph letter signed "E. Byron" : 22 Nov 1773 : (B'ANA 0685) : from Petersham, Surrey; with instructions for when he receives his writings from a Mr. Pickering; also, that a Mr. Gould seems to think everything will be ready for Sharp's perusal. Mounted on 3rd album leaf following p. 6 in v. I of the grangerized copy of Nichol's Byron.
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Henry Drury, English classical scholar. He was an assistant master at Harrow School, where he was the tutor of a young Lord Byron, who in adulthood became a friendly correspondent. To John Leycester Adolphus, barrister and writer : 1 autograph...
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Henry Drury, English classical scholar. He was an assistant master at Harrow School, where he was the tutor of a young Lord Byron, who in adulthood became a friendly correspondent. To John Leycester Adolphus, barrister and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 2 Oct 1831 : (B'ANA 0136) : reagarding a question relating to Byron studies ; offering some autographs of people discussed in Moore's Life of Byron ; listing some of the Byron-related items in his library. With a pencil drawing of an unidentified woman, by an unknown hand.
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Henry Chambers, an 86 year old man from Holywell, Flintshire, "embittered by the reflection of better days," who had apparently received alms from Lord Byron and Augusta Leigh. To Augusta Leigh, half-sister of Lord Byron : 1 autograph letter...
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Henry Chambers, an 86 year old man from Holywell, Flintshire, "embittered by the reflection of better days," who had apparently received alms from Lord Byron and Augusta Leigh. To Augusta Leigh, half-sister of Lord Byron : 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Aug 1824 : (B'ANA 0220) : sending verses (no longer enclosed) on the death of Lord Byron.
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Anne Isabella Noel Blunt [née King], suo jure Baroness Wentworth, traveller and breeder of Arab horses. She was the only daughter of of William King, first earl of Lovelace, and his wife, Ada King, the only child of the poet Lord Byron and his...
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Anne Isabella Noel Blunt [née King], suo jure Baroness Wentworth, traveller and breeder of Arab horses. She was the only daughter of of William King, first earl of Lovelace, and his wife, Ada King, the only child of the poet Lord Byron and his wife, Anne Isabella Milbanke. To George Scharf, artist and gallery director : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Monday" 11 Apr [1864?] : (B'ANA 0603) : from 11 St. George's Terrace : begins, "Mrs. Burton is staying here and wishes to see the National Portrait Gallery as much as I do." -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Wednesday" 13 Apr [1864?] : (B'ANA 0604) : from 11 St. George's Terrace : begins, "We were very sorry not to see you yesterday morning at the Gallery ...".
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George Finlay, English philhellene and historian. He traveled to Greece in the 1820's to help in the struggle for Greek independence. There he befriended Lord Byron, with whom enjoyed long literary conversations before Byron's death in 1824....
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George Finlay, English philhellene and historian. He traveled to Greece in the 1820's to help in the struggle for Greek independence. There he befriended Lord Byron, with whom enjoyed long literary conversations before Byron's death in 1824. · To "My dear Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Dec 1861 : (B'ANA 0635) : thanking his correspondent for sending him a book which will assist him in writing his History of Greece. With a comment on the pollution in Greece and the "filthy condition" of Athens.
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John W. Burgen, of London. Burgen composed a poem in tribute to Lord Byron and inscribed it in the visitor's album at Byron's tomb in the parish church at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire on October 1, 1832. In 1834 the contents of the album were...
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John W. Burgen, of London. Burgen composed a poem in tribute to Lord Byron and inscribed it in the visitor's album at Byron's tomb in the parish church at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire on October 1, 1832. In 1834 the contents of the album were published under the title Byroniana, edited by J. M. Langford. Poem (transcript), "Stanzas written in the Book at Hucknall -- the burial place of Lord Byron" : [composed 1 Oct 1832; transcription date unknown; w/m = 1830] : (B'ANA 0315) : begins, "Not in that Palace, where the dead repose / in splendid holiness -- where Time hath spread ..." Formerly among the papers of Lord Byron's "last attachment," the Countess Teresa Guiccioli. Guiccioli visited Newstead and Hucknall Torkard in December 1832; this item was perhaps copied for her on that occasion.
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Rev. Hon. Richard Byron, Rector in Haughton le Skerne, County Durham, England. He was the great-uncle to Lord Byron, the poet. To James Sykes, navy agent : 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Nov 1790 : (B'ANA 0613) : enclosing a letter to his son...
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Rev. Hon. Richard Byron, Rector in Haughton le Skerne, County Durham, England. He was the great-uncle to Lord Byron, the poet. To James Sykes, navy agent : 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Nov 1790 : (B'ANA 0613) : enclosing a letter to his son which he requests Sykes will forward [enclosed letter not present]. In 1801, Richard Byron's son (also Richard, later to become Rear-Admiral) married Sarah, the daughter of James Sykes.
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